shielsy s bus

Discussion in 'Restorations' started by shielsy, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. your not joking there a night mare lol , not have it on its side to finish it clean scrpp seam sael stone chip paint then do the sub frames , replace any brake pipes etc , cheers owen nw ;)
     
  2. last of the welding done , last person only welded half the sill ???????????????????
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    floors are in great nick only needed very minor attention
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    zinc primed
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    and now seam sealed ready for a coat of stone chip fowwed by a coat of tahatia blue , then do the brake pipes
     
  3. Nicely done owen i miss my old minis
     
  4. morning para , i no i have a soft spot for them , i no its not a dub , but i could put a badge on lol owen nw
     
  5. good quality stone chip great finish now some blue on top and paint the sub frames owen nw
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  6. today myself and adrian cleaned down the sub frames and fixing removed the exhaust,and base coated the underside of the mini , except the ps , do it wheel its on its feet , i removed the calipers to refurbish them and the 4 shocks , wheel the under side was done we laquered it all then 2k painted the subframes etc , then put her back on her feet , owen nw adrian

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  7. everything being done here applies to any vehicle ie your buses owen nw and tiny the helper lol
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    inner wheel arches ps now stone chipped and colour painted
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    new sound deading pads fitted
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    flattened the 2 quarter paenls with 180 da discs then skimmed a couple of light dents
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    skimmed the door after renew ing the hindge screws
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    the last person fitted 2 new wings front panel scuttle panel then filled over the seams ????? so i recut them
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  8. I love Minis 8)

    hats off to you mate, you fly through restos :)
     
  9. cheers dapply cheers owen wn ;)iddy , i like them too , this is in great order , but as i said i no its not a vw but all the same things
     
  10. bit more done to day , flatten ed the whole car down finished the filling rubbing at the front end , skimmed the edge of the boot lid and bottom of the ps door slight bubbling , and a piece on the ds quarter panel , bit of distoration on the panel with the heat of the welding , and removed the rear lights to grind and fill owen nw
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  11. You should be on the telly doing this owen
     
  12. Looks great, although the oversills are criminal!!!! >:D
     
  13. tell me about it , nasty work them sills but there better than nothing , cheers para owen nw :eek:
     
  14. adrian stripped the shocks right down and the calipers after i freed them up and he made a lovely job of them , will look great against the blue , owen nw
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  15. you no me then YELLLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW yes me likes , did come up well now fitted with new stickers and look great , moved the car out to adrians house and well do the final prep and paint job out there , owen nw adrian fee
    more help from my wee helper TINY
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  16. cracking job you are doing there with the mini :hattip: 2 lads at work have recently bought minis . one of them looks like it just came out of a show room its sweet as but it did cost him some .
     
  17. its like the vans craig ye get what ye pay for , but i like to see pics lol owen nw thanks :eek: ;)
     
  18. in the stable , should put a sign on it saying when i grow up i want to be a vw camper lol ,
    seam sealing the water trapps and metal priming , engine bay now painted , owen nw
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  19. last of the body work we done to day , refitted the ds door , stoppered any wee bits and flattened the whole car with scotch bright , just mask now and spot prime ready for top coat , the engine bay now looks great in cola with all the brackets in black owen nw
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  20. last of the body work we done to day , refitted the ds door , stoppered any wee bits and flattened the whole car with scotch bright , just mask now and spot prime ready for top coat , the engine bay now looks great in colour with all the brackets in black owen nw
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